System-Justifying Ideologies and Academic Outcomes Among First-Year Latino College Students

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-414

  O'Brien, Laurie T ^a   Mars, Dustin E ^a   Eccleston, Collette ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; Latino college students; System justifying ideologies

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEM JUSTIFYING IDEOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455175940     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025436     Document Type: Article

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